What do you guys do?

[BilboBaggins]

So I was just wondering what everyone's profession is here. For the most part it seems that many of us shy away from social situations, yet an unfortunate number of jobs require human-human interaction. So have you found a job that allows for solitude, or managed to push through the anxiety while in the workplace?

For me I currently work in a coffeeshop. Considering that even answering a question in the classroom makes me shake worse than an earthquake, I'm not really sure how I manage to do my job. But I do! However, I'm planning on going treeplanting over the summer, which is pretty solitary, and eventually I want to be a military pilot. I really dislike customer service, alot, and aim to get away from that. But yeah, how have you guys managed?

(this isn't meant to be intrusive, don't feel obligated to answer in any way that infringes on privacy concerns)

:) Just curious.

[Elizabeth]

Well I majored in Fine Arts and really loved Photography, but the whole Wedding/portrait/kids isn't really for me. I like more documentary photography and fine art, I even made a book with my class for a project called 'Rivers' and  photo documentary on my home town that I would like to make a book out of. However, the first is how you make money lol. So for right now I am working at my aunt's Doctor's office on the computer. I have worked at our local movie theater while I was in college and learned how to thread the movie reel (super neat!) and dealt with customers. I don't have a problem working with the public in most cases, sometimes I get nervous because people can be rude and I don't like that but it comes with most jobs. I would love to work with something a little more fulfilling in my field like Museum, magazine, gallery, or I would even like a job in a non-profit organization. I do like helping people and have volunteered at the hospital and my Church's Crisis Center in the past. Right now... I'm just getting started on the career thing. :) I also love to read, bake, kayak, take loooong road trips (wonder why lol), listen to music (pretty obvious on here), do crafts, paint, take photographs, and just be with family and friends. Thats what I do when I'm not in my own world.. :/

[Wish Upon A Wish]

Still in high school, but hoping to be self-sufficient (probably with one of my close friends who wants to do the same) so when I get there, I'll be mostly with animals, which I honestly usually prefer over people, and plants and stuff that doesn't care that I drift away easily. Plus it means I shouldn't really have to deal much with customers, except to sell excess produce, (organic, of course, otherwise I'd have to buy chemicals), or maybe I could get JH to do most of the selling, if we share a farm.

[roxanne]

I am a social worker & therapist, so interact with clients and other staff all day long.  For the most part I love it.  Sometimes I need to take time off & retreat.  My husband is very easy to be around, and we decided not to have kids.  So when I'm not working, I'm often in my cocoon.  I love both.  I now work more with my animal shelter, although I'm the fund-raiser  and placer, so that involves people, too.  I actually find I miss people if I'm not around them for a while, and then I need to escape into my own mind again.  It's a constant back & forth.  Animals, on the other hand, give me the best of both worlds.  So any career involving animals would be great, I would think.

[Nicole]

Right now I'm in college for Software Engineering looking for a future career in the field as well. :)

[greyartist]

I work in design on a computer so I am plugged in with my mp3 player and in my own little world most of the time. There is only one other person in my area and she plugs in as well so it works out ok as long as no visitors come in. Lately we have had our Boss from out of state visiting and it is torture! Nice person but just hard having to be social, having to make conversation. Very stressful when it is like that.

[Laila]

I majored in Psychology for some reason, and I've been avoiding getting a job for the past 7 months I've been out of school. xD Now the pressure is on for me to do something, so I've been looking for work that involves interacting with children who have special needs. I don't think I want to work with adults. xD